Doctrine2 update only using objects

Question

Is there any way to make update with criteria in Doctrine2 without using DQL and Native SQL? I mean only working with objects.

For example something like this:

$data = new Entities\Articles();
$data->setStatus("published");

/*
  Add some criteria for update here 
*/

$em->persist($data);
$em->flush();

What I want to do: Update multiple records without loading them from database.

Answer 1

No, Doctrine ORM does not currently support using the criteria API for updates. Criteria API is currently only available to fetch data, and still at a very early state.

If you can help us improve it, that would be awesome :)

The only currently available ways are through DQL and NativeSQL